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Just a question. Has anyone ever? Mine has gone 10 months w/o telling me (I thought he was just extremely moody). What when it comes to reproducing? Which is on the table, and I just don't want to have babies that are in addition to a husband (just in talks) who also is. One extremely moody person is enough... Anyone have a boyfriend/husband who is? Mine is completely able to ...

Ps i am way too old to be calling them boys...

I think that if you are thinking about starting a life and possibly having children with this person you have to do alot of self-educating.  The worry about dealing with the moods of your mate and children are minimal to thinking about the fact that you would be loving person(s) with a serious medical problem. It sounds like, and sometimes tone comes across weird on the internet, like ...

You need to read the book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder. It explains what it is, why we behave like we do, what to do, how to cope yourself. My family and friends have found it very useful and it's made it much easier on me because now they understand why I do what I do and that I'm not some crazy, irrational, moody nut job. I can totally understand why he didn't tell you for ...

Quote (SarahLou @ July 02 2008,08:00) You need to read the book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder. It explains what it is, why we behave like we do, what to do, how to cope yourself. My family and friends have found it very useful and it's made it much easier on me because now they understand why I do what I do and that I'm not some crazy, irrational, moody nut job. I ...

Quote (Rankles @ July 02 2008,02:12) I think that if you are thinking about starting a life and possibly having children with this person you have to do alot of self-educating.  The worry about dealing with the moods of your mate and children are minimal to thinking about the fact that you would be loving person(s) with a serious medical problem. It sounds like, and sometimes...

- 25 percent chance of passing it on to your kids (50 percent if both parents are bipolar) - Bipolar is the 6th leading cause of disability in the country. - Bipolar People have an 80-90 percent divorce rate. - Bipolar people are twice as likely to attempt suicide as unipolar depressives are - Bipolar people are 15 times more likely that the general population to attempt suicide - ...